Definition of answer

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Answer (v. i.) To render account, or to be responsible; to be accountable; to make amends; as, the man must answer to his employer for the money intrusted to his care..

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Floorer :: Floorer (n.) Anything that floors or upsets a person, as a blow that knocks him down; a conclusive answer or retort; a task that exceeds one's abilities..
Answerable :: Answerable (a.) Obliged to answer; liable to be called to account; liable to pay, indemnify, or make good; accountable; amenable; responsible; as, an agent is answerable to his principal; to be answerable for a debt, or for damages..
Affirmative :: Affirmative (a.) That affirms; asserting that the fact is so; declaratory of what exists; answering yes to a question; -- opposed to negative; as, an affirmative answer; an affirmative vote..
Dubious :: Dubious (a.) Occasioning doubt; not clear, or obvious; equivocal; questionable; doubtful; as, a dubious answer..
Justification :: Justification (n.) The showing in court of a sufficient lawful reason why a party charged or accused did that for which he is called to answer.
Respond :: Respond (v. i.) To render satisfaction; to be answerable; as, the defendant is held to respond in damages..
Pythoness :: Pythoness (n.) The priestess who gave oracular answers at Delphi in Greece.
Rejoinder :: Rejoinder (n.) The defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication.
Metaphrase :: Metaphrase (n.) An answering phrase; repartee.
Answer :: Answer (v. i.) To make a satisfactory response or return.
Obverse :: Obverse (a.) Anything necessarily involved in, or answering to, another; the more apparent or conspicuous of two possible sides, or of two corresponding things..
Challenge :: Challenge (n.) To call to a contest of any kind; to call to answer; to defy.
Vulcan :: Vulcan (n.) The god of fire, who presided over the working of metals; -- answering to the Greek Hephaestus..
Amoebean :: Amoebean (a.) Alternately answering.
Round :: Round (a.) Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; unqualified; not mincing; as, a round answer; a round oath..
Chirograph :: Chirograph (n.) A writing which, requiring a counterpart, was engrossed twice on the same piece of parchment, with a space between, in which was written the word chirographum, through which the parchment was cut, and one part given to each party. It answered to what is now called a charter party..
Irresponsible :: Irresponsible (a.) Nor responsible; not liable or able to answer fro consequences; innocent.
Futile :: Futile (v. t.) Of no importance; answering no useful end; useless; vain; worthless.
Indirect :: Indirect (a.) Not tending to an aim, purpose, or result by the plainest course, or by obvious means, but obliquely or consequentially; by remote means; as, an indirect accusation, attack, answer, or proposal..
Rescriptive :: Rescriptive (a.) Pertaining to, or answering the purpose of, a rescript; hence, deciding; settling; determining..
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